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ANTH 1 - Exam 1 Compilation
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1Mutation:
- Aa. any change in the genetic code.
- Bb. may involve a single incorrect base in a codon.
- Cc. must include a whole chromosome.
- Dd. a and b.
- Ee. a and c.
2Darwin's Gradualism:
- Aa. involves slow and steady cumulative change.
- Bb. involves fairly sudden change.
- Cc. believed by Darwin to lead to new species.
- Dd. a and c.
- Ee. all of the above.
3Which of the following is not a reproductive isolating mechanism:
- Aa. different pollinators.
- Bb. gamete isolation.
- Cc. natural selection.
- Dd. hybrid inviability.
- Ee. seasonal.
4Gene flow results in:
- Aa. a new population drawn from a small sample of a parent population.
- Bb. the exchange of genes among populations through interbreeding..
- Cc. new genetic combinations in offspring.
- Dd. b and c.
- Ee. all of the above.
5A genotype is:
- Aa. the chemical or physical results of genetic code.
- Bb. when the alleles of a pair are only expressed if the gene is homogeneous.
- Cc. the alleles possessed by an organism.
- Dd. all of the above.
6The alleles possessed by an organism can come in three possible forms
- Aa. homozygous (TT, tt) and heterozygous (Tt)
- Bb. homozygous (Tt, tT) and heterozygous (TT)
- Cc. heterozygous (TT, tt) and homozygous (Tt)
- Dd. all of the above.
7Gregor Mendel reached the conclusion that each organism possess
- Aa. two genes for each--trait one from each parent.
- Bb. genes can come in different versions today called alleles.
- Cc. some alleles are dominant and some are recessive.
- Dd. dominant and recessive have no value attached to them.
- Ee. all of the above.
8The Processes of Evolution are
- Aa. natural selection.
- Bb. gene flow.
- Cc. genetic drift.
- Dd. founder effect.
- Ee. mutations.
- Ff. all of the above except d.
- Gg. none of the above.
9Catastrophism:
- Aa. is the idea that history of the earth is explained by a series of global catastrophes, either natural, or of divine origin.
- Bb. it was an attempt to reconcile the evidence with a biblical time frame.
- Cc. the notion that there is an ideal, or essential, form of every natural entity and that the variations we see are largely inexact copies of the ideal.
- Dd. a and b.
- Ee. all of the above.
10DNA
- Aa. is like a ladder with its ends twisted in opposite directions.
- Bb. has only four bases involved: adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and guanine (G).
- Cc. shape is referred to as a double helix.
- Dd. all of the above.
- Ee. none of the above.
11Variation is now known to be in the genetic makeup of populations.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Genetic drift is the exchange of genes among populations through interbreeding.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Mitosis is the process of cell division in which gametes are produced.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14The idea of evolution is simple: species of living things change over time and under the right circumstances this change can produce new species of living organisms from existing ones.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15DNA carries the genetic code that is found in the nucleus of cells, on long strands called chromosomes.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Fitness is the relative adaptiveness of an individual organism measured ultimately by reproductive success.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Natural selection works on the variation that is known to be in the genetic makeup of populations.
- ATrue
- BFalse
18Gene flow is the exchange of genes among populations though interbreeding.
- ATrue
- BFalse
19A scientist uses "The Scientific Method" which answers questions according to a special set of rules that involves a cycle of steps.
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Adaptation is the state in which an organism is adjusted to and can survive in its environment through its physical traits and behaviors.
- ATrue
- BFalse
21Phenotype is the chemical or physical results of genetic code.
- ATrue
- BFalse
22Mendelian genetics showed that inheritance does not involve the blending of substances but, rather, are particulate.
- ATrue
- BFalse
23An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair) that is located at a specific position on a specific chromosome.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24The great Chain of being is the notion that there is an ideal, or essential, form of every natural entity and that the variations we see are largely inexact copies of the ideal.
- ATrue
- BFalse
25Uniformitarianism is the idea that present-day geological processes (normal, every day uniform process) can also explain the history of the earth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
26Though Darwin work with pea plants the basic laws of genetics were derived.
- ATrue
- BFalse
27The genetic code is a set of instructions for the production (or synthesis) of proteins from amino acids.
- ATrue
- BFalse
28Charles Darwin reasoned, some alleles are dominant and some are recessive.
- ATrue
- BFalse
29Natural selection is the differential reproduction of individuals based on the relative adaptive value of their traits.
- ATrue
- BFalse
30Individuals tend to find mates within their own breeding populations.
- ATrue
- BFalse
31Ecological isolation probably explains the origin of hominids, the group to which our species belongs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
32Microevolution is the branching of new species from existing species.
- ATrue
- BFalse
33All life, through speciation and adaptive radiation, is descended from a single origin.
- ATrue
- BFalse
34In hybrid sterility fertilization may occur, but the hybrid zygotes do not survive.
- ATrue
- BFalse
35The complex process of environmental factors, is solely responsible for the final form and function of a living being.
- ATrue
- BFalse
36Evolutionary change is at its most basic level genetic change.
- ATrue
- BFalse
37Macroevolution is the continuous transformation of a unitary population through time.
- ATrue
- BFalse
38Sexual behaviors that attract one sex to the other are called courtship behaviors.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39Genetic drift is mistakes in the genetic mechanism that add new variation to a species' gene pool.
- ATrue
- BFalse
40There is nothing that can change what genes code for, except a change in the code itself, such a change is called a mutation.
- ATrue
- BFalse
41Primates of the family hominidae include: modern humans, earlier humans subspecies, and their direct human ancestors.
- ATrue
- BFalse
42Functionally similar but evolutionary unrelated traits are known as analogies.
- ATrue
- BFalse
43This adaptation, called bipedalism (exhibited by modern apes), is a form of locomotion that involves placing the backs of the middle joints of the fingers on the ground.
- ATrue
- BFalse
44Paranthropus is known to have spread far out of Africa and adapted to a wide range of temperate, tropical, and cold environments throughout Europe and Asia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
45Homo habilis "wise person" is a recent, separate species.
- ATrue
- BFalse
46Based on the mitochondrial DNA evidence, Homo nenderthalensis is though to be a direct ancestor to modern humans.
- ATrue
- BFalse
47The fossil record indicates that an increase in brain size was the first hominid trait to evolve.
- ATrue
- BFalse
48A taxonomy is a classification system based on similarities and differences.
- ATrue
- BFalse
49Australopithecus had overall skeletal proportions much like those of modern humans.
- ATrue
- BFalse
50Radiocarbon dating is a relative dating technique.
- ATrue
- BFalse
51The early African hominids radiated into three distinct groups, often classified as separate genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo.
- ATrue
- BFalse
52Humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos have all adapted to different environmental niches.
- ATrue
- BFalse
53Homo habilis is the fossil find commonly referred to as "Lucy".
- ATrue
- BFalse
54The following is not an absolute dating technique:
- Aa. carbon 14
- Bb. potassium/ Argon
- Cc. stratigraphy
- Dd. all of the above
- Ee. a and b
55The AR model hypothesizes that Homo sapiens
- Aa. evolved recently as a species.
- Bb. evolved in Africa
- Cc. spread to replace more archaic populations
- Dd. all of the above
- Ee. none of the above
56The MRE origins model hypothesizes that Homo sapiens
- Aa. evolved
- Bb. evolved only in Africa
- Cc. all of the above
- Dd. none of the above
57The common prehensile ability that modern humans exhibit and share with our close relatives
- Aa. is a shared derived characteristic,
- Bb. come from the same ancient ancestor and serves the same basic function.
- Cc. all of the above
- Dd. none of the above
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